GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| chancellor | the secretary of a nobleman, prince, or king |
| trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| fulcrum | prop |
| rustic | of, relating to, or suitable for the country : rural |